This Shiny app is especially designed for taxi drivers. We analyzed 63.4 million NYC yellow taxi trip records in 2018, complied data and created an interactive map using JavaScript library Leaflet and Shiny. This data visualization project can help answer questions such as: What are the busiest hours in a certain taxi zone? Where do passengers usually go when they are picked up in a certain taxi zone and what tip percentage do they give? The color-coded maps with multiple layers gives users a direct peak into the massive amount of data that we have.
The first layer of the Statistical Map is drawn with the numbers of pick-ups in each TLC taxi zones. The color depth represents the numbers of pick-ups. A darker color indicates a large value of pick up numbers. The darkest zones in the map are the midtown and downtown of Manhattan, LaGuardia Airport and JFK Airport. \[Fig.1 \ All\ Day\ Pick\ Up \ Numbers\] Drivers can also change the style of base-map according to their preferences. We will observe the following picture when we choose the OSM base-map.